JUSTICE OF THE SENTENCE. Nearly a Mount Rennie Outrage in Auckland.
PeoDle in whom the humanitarian instinct is strong will doubtless shudder as they read about the terrible punishment meted out to these four young men, and may condemn the sen tence as unduly severe for the offence. It must be remembered, however, that the aim of the law is to deter from crime, and the shocking spectacle presonted to-day in Sydney ought to have a wholesome effect upon the " larrikins " of every colonial city by showing them in a clear light what lies at the end of the path of lawless ness. To show that there is a larrikin element in Auckland that only wants opportunity to work such hellish outrages as that for which four youths have died to-day, the following incident is narrated which we have on the authority of the father of one ot the girli* It is stated that on the evening of the Ist November last, while several girls of good family were on their way from the city to Ponsonby, they were aesailed by about 20 larrikin youths. The ages of the girls ranged from 12 to 17 years, and their assailants were apparently about 15 to 18 years. The girls were surrounded by these youthful ruffians, dragged into a paddock at Freeman'B Bay, and thrown violently to the ground. The cowardly fellows dragged them about violently by the feet, rolled over them, and subjected them to various indignities, and but for the arrival of some men upon the scene it is hard to say to what length their passions might have carried them. No report of the matter was made to the police— the parents of tho young ladies wishing to avoid all scandal, especially as nothing worse than a severe fright and Borne slight bruises had been suffered by the girls ; but the incident proves the necessity for a stern example being made of those bands of lawless youtb.B who are the curse of colonial cities. The authors of the attempted outrage at Freeman's Bay may thank Providence thai they are not now under sentence for a crime as horrible and revolting as that at Mount Kennie, Sydney, which has so recently shocked these colonies. — Auckland " Star."
Gold and silver are in theFe days the moat prized and effective of all leUe-metals, It is the last air on the hurdy-gurdy thab gets the player 'b head broken.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 5
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406JUSTICE OF THE SENTENCE. Nearly a Mount Rennie Outrage in Auckland. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 5
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